More than a normal Wednesday
With Good Friday approaching, Scott decided the working week already felt as if it had reached Thursday. That complicated the emotional purpose of “In for Grimmy This Week on Breakfast Wednesday”, which was supposed to mark the halfway point rather than announce an almost-finished week.
Scott also reported from the previous night’s Eurovision Song Contest’s Greatest Hits concert. He had reunited with Conchita Wurst, met several former contestants and incorrectly placed Lordi in Norway rather than Finland, prompting immediate corrections from listeners.
What Are You Texting?
Chris discovered that searching a single word in a phone’s messages could expose conversations the owner had completely forgotten. He proposed taking turns to choose a word, reading the first matching text and allowing only one refusal.
His own search for “Fearne” produced a message from his friend Penny, who had offered £100 to Children in Need if Fearne Cotton balanced a teacup on her bottom. The fact that it had been sent before midday removed the possible excuse of a late-night idea.
Scott’s search for “sorry” found Tim Wonnacott apologising for a slow reply and adding, “Roll on the jungle”. Scott explained that they had apparently discussed entering I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! together as a team. A later search for “scampi” uncovered backstage Strictly Come Dancing drama over Judy Murray’s missing scampi and chips.
The tentative title was What Are You Texting? Scott felt relieved to escape the first game relatively unharmed, but both recognised how much worse it could become with different words and celebrity phones.
An invitation to the YouTubers
Scott was proud that Innuendo Bingo, which began on the show in 2007, had become a standard online challenge. His pride was complicated by major YouTubers playing it without mentioning Radio 1 or the programme.
He issued an open invitation to Zoella, Joe Sugg, Marcus Butler, Tyler Oakley, Alfie Deyes and anybody else who had used the format. They could settle the matter by playing in the original home of the game on 16 April.
Chris advised against calling them thieves or beginning a hostile hashtag. Scott insisted there was no real feud, but threatened to leave empty chairs around himself if nobody accepted.
Clean Bandit and Real or No Real
The pair worried that Clean Bandit’s “What are you wearing, Cortana?” advert might become as damagingly memorable as Duffy’s Diet Coke bicycle. Scott liked the group too much to want the advert to define them.
Alice Levine joined the discussion before “Barbara Windsor”, the show’s name for her that afternoon, played Real or No Real. Iggy Azalea really had tattooed “Live, Love, A$AP” on her fingers while dating A$AP Rocky, and later crossed out his name. South Bucks genuinely had an exceptional number of hairdressers, and Tom Jones had reportedly insured his chest hair for £3.5m.
The game ended with another warning that the next day would bring more Innuendo Bingo, while the YouTuber invitation began travelling through their enormous fan bases.
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